Skip It THE MOVIE: Please Note: The images used here are taken from the standard-definition DVD included with this release, not the Blu – ray edition under review. My favorite conceit of movies about authors is that they always have said authors sitting around with others of their kind making grand pronouncements about their craft and inflating what is one of the world’s most boring professions to …
Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu – ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Catherine Hardwicke is a polarizing director, and her projects are all over the map.
Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu – ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Meta horror came back hard last year thanks to the release of long-delayed The Cabin in the Woods , which turned out to be a successful, wink-wink genre-baiting thrill ride
Highly Recommended The Movie: Ever hear of the kids’ book called The Little Engine That Could ? 1953’s surprise hit The Little Fugitive is The Little Film That Could
DVD Talk Collector Series THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu – ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. It is hard to believe nearly 25 years have passed since the theatrical release of Who Framed Roger Rabbit , Director Robert Zemeckis’ irreverent, thoroughly entertaining mashup of traditional animation and classic Hollywood noir. At once a celebration and a satire of the Hollywood studio system …
Highly Recommended Ang Lee’s Life of Pi isn’t a film aimed at American audiences; it’s aimed at everyone , for better or worse.
Highly Recommended Definitely one of the lesser science fiction films of the 1950s, She Devil has been largely ignored since its initial release, when it shared a double-bill with the superior, unusual Kronos (1957), available on DVD since 2000 but not yet on Blu – ray . She Devil , also directed by Kurt Neumann and making its home video debut only now, is nevertheless highly enjoyable, falling …
DVD Talk Collector Series I suppose with On Approval (1944) I was expecting some sort of No l Coward-type, dryly witty drawing room comedy. Partly it is just that, but it’s also almost indescribably anarchic at times, like the screwiest of screwball comedies, but there are also purely cinematic sight gags harkening back to Buster Keaton in his prime. It reminds me a lot of several of writer …
DVD Talk Collector Series THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are taken from stills provided by The Criterion Collection and promotional materials, not the Blu – ray edition of the film under review. For those who know of the character’s origins, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s “Colonel Blimp” — played by Roger Livesey, with shape-shifting prowess, from a young, cocky man to an old …
Highly Recommended *Click on all images in this review for full 1080p screenshots. With the mention of most any director, I find myself flooded with thoughts, feelings and even inspiration, but when it comes to Judd Apatow, the only thing I’m left with is indifference.